Audition Information for Roosevelt Choirs 2019-2020

An official calendar will be available by auditions on Saturday, March 30.

Auditions for the 2019-20 Roosevelt Choirs will be held the week of Tuesday, March 26 through Monday, April 1.

For students currently participating in RHS Choirs, your auditions will be held during regular class periods.​For students joining the choir department for the first time, your audition will be held in the following manner:

For those new to RHS auditioning for show choir, those auditions will be held on Saturday, March 30 (details below).

For incoming freshmanauditioning for traditional choral ensembles only, we will visit your feeder middle school to see and hear you for a range check and to sing My Country Tis of Thee.

For those upperclassmen new to RHS auditioning for traditional choral ensembles only, please contact us to make an audition (use the contact tab on this website) by appointment and see audition details listed below.

Traditional Choral Ensemble Auditions for Current RHS Singers

VOCAL RANGE CHECK• You will sing a warm up exercising your voice to its highest and lowest notes, giving us an idea of your range, tone quality and what vocal part(s) you might be assigned.SIGHT READING• You will be asked to sight read a section of a Masterworks Press sight reading exercise - exactly as we do it in class every day!TONAL MEMORY• You will be asked to echo back patterns of pitches played on the piano, showing us the level at which your ear interprets the music it hears.PATRIOTIC SOLO*• Prepare the patriotic solo for the vocal part most comfortable to you. Soprano/Tenor will sing “America” and Alto/Bass will sing “America, the Beautiful.” We are listening for intonation, breath support, and vocal tone quality.CHORAL EXCERPT #1*: "GOOD NIGHT DEAR HEART"• You will be asked to sing your primary vocal part (as prepared in class) to the excerpt from Dan Forrest’s “Good Night Dear Heart.” You will sing this a capella. We are listening to your intonation, independence of part singing, musical interpretation, breath support and vocal tone quality.CHORAL EXCERPT #2*: "THINK" (SHOW CHOIR AUDITIONS ONLY)• If you are auditioning for show choirs as well, you will prepare an additional excerpt on your primary vocal part. We will ask you to sing “Think” arr. Mark Brymer to a background recording. We will be listening for intonation, independence of part singing, musical interpretation, vocal style, breath support and vocal tone quality.

*music available by clicking AUDITION RESOURCE button

Show Choir Auditions

REGISTER!All students auditioning for Roosevelt Show Choirs must REGISTER AHEAD OF TIME. To register, click the button at the top of this page and read about the audition process.

THE VOCAL AUDITION​CURRENT RHS SINGERS• You will participate in the vocal audition listed above with excerpt #2 added to your audition.

NEW TO RHS CHORUS (including incoming freshman) The vocal portion of your audition will be SATURDAY, MARCH 30 between the hours of 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM.VOCAL RANGE CHECK• You will sing a warm up exercising your voice to its highest and lowest notes, giving us an idea of your range, tone quality and what vocal part(s) you might be assigned.PATRIOTIC SOLO*• Prepare the patriotic solo for the vocal part most comfortable to you. Soprano/Tenor will sing “America” and Alto/Bass will sing “America, the Beautiful.” We are listening for intonation, breath support, and vocal tone quality.CHORAL EXCERPT #2*: "THINK"• You will prepare the excerpt on your primary vocal part. We will ask you to sing “Think” arr. Mark Brymer to a background recording. We will be listening for intonation, independence of part singing, musical interpretation, vocal style, breath support and vocal tone quality.​*music available by clicking AUDITION RESOURCE button​THE CHOREOGRAPHY/PERFORMANCE AUDITION

EVERYONE AUDITIONINGThe choreography/performance portion of your audition will be SATURDAY, MARCH 30 between the hours of 1:30 - 4:30 PM.• Choreography will be taught on site to the excerpt of “Think”• Time will be given to rehearse alone and in small groups• You will dance in small groups (by audition number) of 8 performers at a time• Singing/Dancing/Performance portions will be put together at the end. We are looking for rock stars who perform out of their comfort zone and entertain from head to toe! GO FOR IT!